The Resurrection is the center of my faith. Other Christians may focus more on, say, the Incarnation—how God became human, how God understands us in the most intimate way possible. Others may center ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are plenty of scriptures that emphasize this incredible event and celebration—prophecies from the Old Testament, ...

What more can be said about Easter, other than those remarkable three words? Maybe it would help to, as spiritual directors like to say, “unpack” each word. To talk about “Christ” means of course to ...

A young worshiper kisses a statue of Christ hanging on the cross during Holy Week festivities on April 18, 2014 in Paraty, Brazil.Mario Tama—Getty Images The Easter proclamation is perhaps the ...

During his general audience on Nov. 5, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the central role of Christ’s resurrection in St. Paul’s teaching. St. Paul proclaims the vital significance of the Resurrection: In ...

NEWTOWN >> In a moving retelling of the Good Friday and Easter story, seventh graders at Saint Andrew School in Newtown re-enacted the 14 Stations of the Cross during two performances inside the ...

In the Church calendar, today, March 31, is the feast of Easter, a day on which Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The resurrection of Jesus from the grave is the ...

"Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again." We recite this phrase, or one of its variants, as habitually as we make the exceedingly bold statement that what we are about to do, we do, ...

When we were in Arkansas, I bought a beautiful handcrafted “Comfort Cross”, made of red cedar. It has no sharp edges because it’s meant to be held; the vertical and horizontal parts of the cross are ...

When you think about Easter, you might picture bunnies, baskets and chocolate. But even though Easter is significantly commercialized in stores and society in general, its origin is rooted in the ...